Category: Court News

Four adults from Georgia were arrested when authorities reportedly confiscated almost 90 pounds of methamphetamine during a Kingman traffic stop Thursday. The Mohave County Sheriff’s office (MCSO) reports the seizure was the result of an interdiction law enforcement operation involving the MAGNET drug task force and others. MCSO spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said the vehicle was stopped on Interstate 40 at about 5:30 p.m. She said a search was conducted when an Arizona DPS canine that was brought to the scene alerted on the illegal cargo. “Numerous bundles totaling 89 pounds of methamphetamine was located,” Mortensen said. “The amount of illegal…

Four adults from Georgia were arrested when authorities reportedly confiscated almost 90 pounds of methamphetamine during a Kingman traffic stop Thursday. The Mohave County Sheriff’s office (MCSO) reports the seizure was the result of an interdiction law enforcement operation involving the MAGNET drug task force and others. MCSO spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said the vehicle was stopped on Interstate 40 at about 5:30 p.m. She said a search was conducted when an Arizona DPS canine that was brought to the scene alerted on the illegal cargo. “Numerous bundles totaling 89 pounds of methamphetamine was located,” Mortensen said. “The amount of illegal…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – On September 13, at approximately 3:15 a.m. Lake Havasu City Police (LHCPD) officers responded to the 2100 block of Injo Drive for a report of a shooting. Deputies located the victim, 22-year old Yucaipa, California resident, inside the residence with a single gunshot wound to the abdomen. According to a LHCPD spokesperson, the shooter was identified as possibly being  21-year old Lake Havasu City resident Garrett Wilder. Detectives determined that Dotson was outside the residence in the 2100 block of Injo Drive and had exchanged words with Wilder, who was in a vehicle in the 2100…

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City man’s request for probation and a chance to live drug free was rejected by another judge who instead sent him to the Arizona Department of Corrections. Jeffrey French, 53, conceded a history of drug related problems during a Sept. 10 sentencing hearing. “When I’m messed up, boy I’m really messed up your Honor,” French said. “I have motivation to get out of this hole.” Judge Billy Sipe noted the defendant’s extensive criminal history and said French had blown previous opportunities to get clean. Sipe said it is disturbing that French victimized his own mother,…

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City man’s request for probation and a chance to live drug free was rejected by another judge who instead sent him to the Arizona Department of Corrections. Jeffrey French, 53, conceded a history of drug related problems during a Sept. 10 sentencing hearing. “When I’m messed up, boy I’m really messed up your Honor,” French said. “I have motivation to get out of this hole.” Judge Billy Sipe noted the defendant’s extensive criminal history and said French had blown previous opportunities to get clean. Sipe said it is disturbing that French victimized his own mother,…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A sentencing hearing is the only matter left in the prosecution of parents from Lake Havasu City who were charged in the blunt force trauma and starvation death of their toddler daughter. Andrew Lamorie, 24, is already serving a 16-year prison term after pleading guilty to second degree murder. Attempts to enter plea agreements for co-defendant Brittany Rodriquez, 27, went south for various reasons on a half dozen occasions. Finally, on Sept. 9, a plea deal for Rodriquez was formally accepted by Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert. Rodriquez pleaded guilty to a reduced charge…